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Rebecca Nagle

@rebeccanagle.bsky.social
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Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: gohini.substack.com Author of BY THE FIRE WE CARRY. Host of First America podcast. Out June 22. Subscribe now! firstamerica.info

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21h
#LandBack win! After 170+ years, a stretch of the Oregon coast is coming home to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
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Siletz coastal land return builds on broader reclamation effort
A donation-funded $120,000 purchase will return 6.8 acres on Oregon’s coast to the Siletz tribe, adding to its homeland reclamation efforts.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 22h
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2026-10-09/t...
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Tribal nation urges Mountain West hunters to use non-lead ammo to protect eagles
The tribe released two golden eagles in Montana last year. One died in Colorado, likely due to lead poisoning.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 22h
Nearly half of U.S. bald and golden eagles have lead poisoning, often from lead ammo in gut piles. After the Citizen Potawatomi Nation released two captive-bred golden eagles, one died this way. Now the tribe is asking hunters to go non-lead.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-octo...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 — Yosemite is the latest in a 10-year expansion of tribal National Park foraging » Native America Calling
A handful of tribes just finalized an agreement with the National Park Service, clearing the way for foraging in the Yosemite National Park. Tribal members will collect acorns, yarrow, wild onions,…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Yosemite is the latest national park to open traditional plant gathering to tribes—a decade after a 2016 law changed the rules. From California to Arizona to Washington, tribal harvests are coming home.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We’re nominated for a @SignalAward for First America podcast! Thank you for listening, and supporting our work! Please vote for First America— vote.signalaward.com #SignalAwards
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I had an incredible two weeks at Hedgebrook writing residency! Connected with some incredible women and reconnected to myself as a writer! So grateful for the woods and the sea and the space and the time. Can’t wait to share with you all the new project that grew out of it!!
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What we celebrate on the second Monday in October isn't just a nod to the past—it reflects who we believe we are, and those beliefs become law and policy. This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, share the truth.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Known as the Doctrine of Discovery, the Supreme Court wrote it into U.S. law in 1823, ruling Native nations didn't own our land, but merely "occupied" it, with the United States as the landlord.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Columbus used a 15th-century legal doctrine to colonize and slaughter the Indigenous peoples he encountered. And it's still the law in the U.S. today.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Friday, October 2, 2026 » National Native News
Davids co-sponsors resolution on IHS non-consensual sterilization   Canada marks Orange Shirt Day with commemorations
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
3,400+ Native women. That's how many the Indian Health Service sterilized without informed consent between 1973 and 1976. A new resolution from Reps. Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk Nation) & Brian Fitzpatrick formally condemns it.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now he's back, and that standard could be scrapped. www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...
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Developer’s latest hydropower proposal on Navajo Nation draws scrutiny
Supporters say the project would bring jobs to communities that need them. Critics are concerned about the environmental impact and the tactics used by the developer and his allies.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A developer offered a Navajo-led water nonprofit $10,000 — but only if it dropped its opposition to his Black Mesa hydropower project. They said no. The Nation said no. Regulators denied 3 of his earlier projects for never seeking the Nation's consent.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alaska Native veterans helped shape a new monument at the Alaska Native Heritage Center: a Tlingit dagger in its sheath, carved by Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂) to represent vigilance, memory and resilience.
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New monument honors Alaska Native veterans and their healing journeys
Veterans helped shape the monument, which was unveiled at the Ngíisdla Garden outside the Alaska Native Heritage Center last weekend.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.kosu.org/osage-data-c...
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Osage Congress to vote on data centers, immersion school funding Monday
Osage Nation Congress will vote on bills Monday that could reopen the tribe’s private immersion school and give the legislature a say in ongoing data center discussions.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, the Osage Nation votes on Congress getting a say over data centers planned on its reservation (Google has one in the works) & on $4M to reopen its Osage immersion school, where kids learn Osage.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The changes would also make it harder for Native people to fight for voting rights, like proportionate representation. nativenewsonline.net/opinion/remo...
nativenewsonline.net
Removing Race From the 2030 Census Would Make Native People Harder to See
Overview: The Trump administration wants to remove race and ethnicity questions from the 2030 census, raising concerns about Native representation, funding and voting rights. Opinion Six years ago,…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If the Trump administration successfully removes race and tribal affiliation from the census it would have a profound impact on Indian Country. Many federal programs rely on accurate data of where Native people live to disperse resources.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is how true history reaches classrooms and gets passed on. 👉 Learn more: www.bookofgenocides.com
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The Book of Genocides by Dana Walrath
In The Book of Genocides comic book, an award-winning writer, artist, and descendant of genocide survivors brings history's darkest horrors to life, calling on us to remember, repair, and resist.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Book of Genocides, by Dana Mashoian Walrath traces ten genocides, beginning with the genocide of the First Peoples of the Americas. I'm honored that By the Fire We Carry is included in the book's "Keep Reading" section.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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South Dakota state senate candidate wants to give Lakota people hope - ICT
Celestine Stadnick, Oglala Lakota, seeks the South Dakota State Senate seat that serves the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A school principal from the Pine Ridge reservation is running for state Senate in South Dakota. In the deeply red state, Celestine Stadnick is trying to keep the seat blue.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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tribalbusinessnews.com
Tunica-Biloxi partners with Kalshi, breaking with tribal gaming groups on prediction markets
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe launches a prediction-market venture with Kalshi as tribal gaming groups challenge sports-event contracts in court and before regulators.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is launching the first tribal-owned prediction market app—a sovereign move that puts it at odds with other gaming tribes fighting Kalshi. "Tribes should be owners, innovators and leaders—not just participants," Chairman Marshall Pierite said.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Feds award $10 million to two Oregon tribal groups for affordable housing projects - ICT
The Warm Springs Housing Authority and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians will each receive $5 million to build affordable housing for tribal members.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The national housing shortage has hit Indian Country hard, but tribes are working to fill the gap. With new federal funding, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians are building new homes for their members.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Montana lawmakers will consider closing domestic violence firearm loophole in 2027 - ICT
A federal appeals court ruled last year that Montana’s laws allow someone convicted of domestic assault to purchase or possess firearms
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jermain Charlo, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, has been missing since 2018. A loophole let her ex keep his guns after a domestic violence conviction. Now Montana lawmakers want to close it.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#LandBack! The Penobscot Nation regained 11,297 acres of their ancestral homelands near sacred Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Its the first phase of a 30,000-acre land return. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
tribalbusinessnews.com
Penobscot Nation regains 11,297 acres in first phase of major land return
The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin as partners pursue a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/tribal-news/...
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Hualapai Tribe enacts moratorium to halt 'irresponsible development of hyperscale data centers'
Municipalities across the Grand Canyon State are raising concern over the rapid rise of data centers, especially when it comes to water consumption in the drought-stricken Southwest.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI data centers are coming for tribal land, but tribes are fighting back! The Hualapai Tribe just paused hyperscale data centers on its 1 million-acre reservation along the Colorado River. AI facilities would drain the water on the already low Colorado River.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three Native women could make history this November: Peggy Flanagan could be the first Native woman in the U.S. Senate. Deb Haaland could be the first Native woman governor. Mary Peltola could flip Alaska blue. Which race are you watching? Drop in the comments. #NativeVote2026
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every candidate who wanted to keep public lands won–pushing the state’s Republican party more moderate. www.hcn.org/articles/wyo...
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Wyoming chooses public lands at the ballot box - High Country News
Voters in the Equality State finally felt the threat to public lands had reached a critical point, observers say.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A far-right group of Republican lawmakers was trying to sell off public lands in Wyoming. Even in a conservative place like Wyoming, the proposal was unpopular. Many of those backing it lost their primaries.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am so grateful to the community of people who supported this book–every one who read it, listened to it, taught it, talked about it with a friend, showed up to a talk and made its impact possible.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma needed an act of Congress to take its land claims to court. 200 years ago, 2.6 million acres of their reservation were taken without consent. Congress said they could be compensated for the land theft–but couldn't get any land back. www.kosu.org/miami-nation...
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And 82% say tribes should have a strong role in managing sacred sites. ictnews.org/news/groups-...
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Groups opposing Utah monument cuts say a new survey supports their cause - ICT
The poll also surveyed Utahns about how important it is for tribes to have a strong role in managing public lands containing sacred or culturally significant sites. In response, 82 percent said it…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A lot of the justification for slashing Bears Ear is that local Utah residents don’t want it. Trump reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante national monuments by 90%. But a new poll says 66% of Utah voters want the monuments restored.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Big tech keeps eyeing tribal land for new data centers. But Native nations are pushing back: the Seminole Nation passed a complete moratorium. The Cherokee Nation banned hyperscale data centers. The Kickapoo Tribe formally opposed them.
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Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects - ICT
Data center developments are continuing to spread throughout the country as the demand for digital processing power grows — especially as artificial intelligence systems become more prevalent
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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New Mexico environmentalists host ‘people’s public hearing’ to decry Roadless protection removal - ICT
Emmet Yepa is a Jemez Pueblo member said the Roadless Rule has protected lands sacred to his people in the Santa Fe National Forest
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The USDA is repealing protections on 45 million acres of roadless forestland. Without holding a single public hearing — so New Mexicans held their own. In Albuquerque, Jemez Pueblo's Emmet Yepa testified that the rule protects sacred lands in the Santa Fe National Forest.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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Tribes along the Colorado River are still fighting for their rights
Along the Colorado River, 30 federally recognized tribes have legal and cultural claims. Yet they have no formal seat in negotiations.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As states fight over the dwindling Colorado River, tribes are getting left out. 30 federally recognized tribes have legal claims to the Colorado River–many that predate western states. But none have a seat at the table. Last winter, the Fort Mojave Tribe's pump couldn't pull water for four months.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The practice kills millions of pounds of marine life annually–including killer whales. Peltola is also pushing for Alaska Native seats on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council—the federal body that manages fisheries in her region. nativenewsonline.net/currents/pel...
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Peltola Puts Alaska Fisheries at Center of Kodiak Senate Debate
Overview: Mary Peltola made Alaska’s fisheries a central focus of a Senate debate in Kodiak, outlining proposals to address factory trawling, strengthen fishery management and increase Alaska Native…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mary Peltola (Yup'ik) is running for U.S. Senate on a plan to ban factory trawling. Factory trawling catches everything in the ocean much of which ends up being waste.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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SHUT DOWN LINE 5!
Overview: Former Tribal Chair Aaron Payment argues that Enbridge Line 5 poses an unacceptable threat to the Great Lakes, Tribal treaty rights and the region’s economy. Drawing on his experience with…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Enbridge's Line 5 is 73 years old—23 past its lifespan—and still pumps oil under the Straits of Mackinac. A spill could devastate 150 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, eradicate whitefish, and violate treaty rights. It's time to shut it down.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Navajo professor and her students have spent years driving across the reservation testing wells & made a free map so families can find clean water. www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...
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New data added to map of safe water sources on the Navajo Nation
A professor at Northern Arizona University teamed up with Navajo communities to test water quality in remote wells. The map is meant to help tribal members still struggling with the effects of past…
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